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' UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, Ass'IGNoRs To THE INDUs'rEIAn MANU-EACIUEING COMPANY, CE CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A CoEPoEATIoN 0E NEW JERSEY.

SEWING-MACHINE.

Patented May .27, 1919.

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To all 'whom/t may concern; v Y v Be it known that we, CLARENCE L. DUBoIs and WVILLIAM PAYNE, citizens of the United States, and residents,respectively, of VVood'bury, in the county of Gloucester and State ofNew Jersey, and of Philadelphia, in the county -of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have jointly invented Certain new and usefulImprovements in Sewing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple,quick running and efficient sewing machine for finishing the cut or rawedge of lace curtains in such a way that it will be similarly finishedon each side.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof, but will lbe firstdescribed in connection with the embodiment of it illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a front view, principallyin section, of a machine embodying features of the invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views taken on the line 2-3 of Fig. 1, buteach with parts omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 2A is a top or plan view of the take-up shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, is a top or plan view of the machine, partly in section, andwith parts removed.

'Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the trimmer.

Fig. 6, is a sectional view, largely diagrammatic and drawn to anenlarged scale, showing a section through the edge of the curtain.

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are diagrammatic views showing the top, edge and bottomof the seam.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating certain of the parts, and

Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, are views illustrating the formationof the stitch.

In the drawings 1 is the presser foot and it is provided with a chainingpoint 2 arranged to the right of the needle 3 and extending backwardfrom it in the line of the feed. This chaining point is provided withtwo notches 4 and 5, through which the top filler vthread 6 and bottomiller thread 7 are ret'spectively inserted so that one goes above andthe other below the fabric 8 of the lace curtain. 9 is a right-handthreaded looper having a lever take-up 10 actuated by an eccentric 11.12 is a left-hand threaded looper having a rotary take-up 13 actingbetween thread eyes 14 and 15. The needle take-up 16 is actuated from aneccentric 17 through a fork 18 and link 19. 20 is a trimmer arranged tooperate in advance of the sewing. For each thread there is a tensiondevice and the three tension devices are shown at 21, 22 and 23respectively and they are duplicates of each other.

Figs. l1 to 16 illustrate the formation of the stitch shown in Figs. 7to 9, and in section in Fig. 6. In Figs. 11 to 16 the arrows indicatethe direction of motion and in connection with those figures it may besaid that while one stitch is being started over the chaining point 2,toward the front thereof, another stitch is being finished at the pointof the chaining point 2. The axes 24 and 25 of the right and left-handthreaded loopers are inclined so that the loopers work at an inclinationand so transfer loops from the one to the other. The inclination of theaxis 24 may be said to be three and one-half degrees and that of theaXis 25 to be seven degrees. 26 is the feed. The various parts areoperated from the shaft 27 which is continuously rotated by a pulley 28.The lever 'take-up 10 is the fork on the eccentric 11 on the main shaftand it is pivoted to a bracket 30, fast to the base 31. The left-handlooper is connected by a link 32 with the strap 33 of an eccentric 34on` the main shaft. The needle arm 35 is pivoted to a bracket at therear of the work-table 36 and is connected by a link 37 whichconstitutes the strap of the eccentric 38 on the main shaft. The presserfoot 1 is carried by an arm 39 pivoted to the work-table and held downby a spring 40 on the arm of the thread guide 41. The strap of theeccentric 42 on the main shaft operates the right-hand looper 9. Thetrimmer 20 is attached to the rocking frame 43 pivotedin a bracketarranged at the front of the machine and rocked by the strap ccnnection44 of an eccentric 45 on the main shaft.

The spring 46 serves to keep the frame 43 toward the right in Fig. 5, upto its work. 47 is a rocker pivoted vto the base of the machine andprovided With a fork 48 coperating with an eccentric on the main shaftand With a link 49 constituting the strap of an'eccentric on the mainshaft. The feed 26 is carried by the fork 48. The link 49 is adjustableas at 50 to permit of'changes in the feed.

What We claim is:

In a sewing machine the combination of oversezun stitch formingmechanism, and a presser foot provided with a chaining point to theright and back of the needle and paraHeI with the feed and havingsuperposed iling Ythread guide notches, and means for operating .saidparte, substantially as described. Y

ln testimony whereof wek have hereunto signed our names. Y

CLARENCE L. DU BOIS. WILLIAM PAYNE. Witnesses:

CLIFFORD K. CASSEL, FRANK E. FRENCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

